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The spotlight will shine on the talents and visions of California State University, Northridge’s student dancers and choreographers later this month at the university’s annual dance showcase. -- AmericanTowns.com

The stories are as diverse as their filmmakers: a girl trying to get out from under the thumb of an overbearing mother. An American taking an unexpected journey on his way to joining the Israeli military. A teenager getting a new perspective on her grandmother. A dancer fleeing an abusive relationship. A struggling actor going on an imaginative journey with a terminally ill child. -- SCV News

Out of that experience grew not only his film and the sculptures he constructed, but also a collection of large scale photographs that serve as a link between his art and the community. Eight of Giocomini's powerful photographs on canvas add color to an extraordinarily inventive group of seven, mostly metallic, mixed media sculptures. In creations such as “The Harley Ram," Giocomini makes particularly effective use of a variety of curved lines. While displaying an intuitive sense of imagination and whimsy that rivals that of Dr. Seuss, he re-invents a variety of creatures, manipulating found objects into suggestions of body parts. Common, worn out discards transcend their functions to become compelling works of art. CSU Northridge Art Galleries -- Visual Art Source

Additionally on this NanoRacks CubeSat mission are three satellites that were selected for flight by NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) as part of the seventeenth installment of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) missions, and sponsored by the NASA Launch Services Program (LSP). These CubeSats are: + IceCube - NASA Wallops Flight Facility + CXBN-2 - Morehead State University + CSUNSat1 - California State University, Northridge -- Space Daily